* Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net> [010221 16:09]:
> Tom Lane writes:
>
> > > Deleting files in the install directory during installation is very
> > > inappropriate. At least let's try to get rid of it for 7.2.
> >
> > I don't like it much either, but I agree with Larry that it's an
> > essential transition step for now. Perhaps we can remove it again
> > in 7.2 or 7.3 or so.
>
> I doubt that it ever really worked, or could work, to install a new
> version over an old one without deleting the old one first. This here is
> just one problem. We can't be making these funny workarounds every time
> the set of installed user visible files changes. For example, if an older
> version had a header file that the new version doesn't have, then user
> code that includes this file will still be silently broken.
THIS CHANGED WITHIN A BETA CYCLE. THAT SHOULD HAVE WORKED.
LER
>
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